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Thanks Maureen, spread the word!

What shall I do, Maureen?

Ann, Anyone who loves my website can have my chocolates any day! And believe me, there are lots of silver surfers out there - I'm one, though not necessarily a grandmother. We'll certainly get the UCM on line a.s.a.p. I'll reply to you separately about that. The web site as we look at it now is, hopefully only the beginning. We want it to be interactive and cover everything that's going on in the parish - and beyond. But we need everyone's input. Please make contact with me or Fr. Kevin who has the final say.  Bernard.

O.K. You've earned the free pint. And like both of you, I wish Steven and Anita all the best. I know all about those sleepless nights. The crying at three o'clock in the morning seeking attention. Having to struggle downstairs to make her food and then burp her -- and that was only the wife!

Many thanks, Avril, the link has been updated on your page. Send us a good detailed report on how the day went.

A good idea Andrew. With my iffy knowledge of web design I could do with a bit of help from above.
Andrew also features in our family fun page.

And so say all of us. Hopefully Fr. Kevin will update us at the weekend

Thank you Catherine for your kind remarks.
I'm afraid I know nothing about the yr.6 trip to La Fosca. Please, someone, lets have more details - fast!
And plenty of photos of the trip!

Hi, Jenny, there is a nice photograph of the Church on this site. Once you leave this page click on the
' History of The Holy Family' The picture you see is actually made up of 3 photos joined together.
Good luck in the draw and keep writing in to us. - Bernard.

Thank you, James and spread the word.

Hi, Ryan. If you've any ideas about developing this site, let us have them.

Hello, Marcel. Andrew's letter has been listed now for 4 days but so far no word from the Bishop.
but he's bound to read this page eventually...........

Thank you for your kind remarks, Gemma. If there is anyone visiting our site from outside the U.K.we offer you a warm Langley welcome, but please don't just browse the site, e-mail us and tell us all about yourself and where you are, as I can't always tell from web based addressed mail which country your sending it from. e-mail me a photo of yourself or family and let's really make use of the web site. It would be wonderful if we had to start an international guestbook!

Er, just checking that Elizabeth Knight isn't an anagram of Kieran McKeown, particularly after receiving our 2nd. letter at the top. I certainly agree with your first sentence, Elizabeth, though I'll pass on the 2nd.and ask what our ladies think??

Precise & to the Point.Thank you, Richard.

Well, we're up and running and hopefully we will continue to build it up with the help of everyone's input.

Hi, Kevin, I don't know you personally to comment about your waistline but mine has certainly expanded a bit too much recently. I remember some years ago the club used to have a keep fit night. Maybe it's time some of the fit young ladies in the parish started it up again for the sake of us flabbies - though I've just pictured some of my club colleagues in lycra and I've gone right off the idea! Seriously, if you have any ideas for a one off feature or a regular page on the site let's have the details and if Fr. Kevin gives it the thumbs up then we go for it - Bernard

Sorry, Eithne, I'm the Webmaster, Kieran is too busy becoming the site pin-up - I'm only teasing him. He beavers away behind the scene rounding up all the info for the site and everything arrives accurately and on time-B.

Many thanks, Keith. Your link is on our menu page but here it is again.: St Peter Apostle Church, Rushden

Don't Start! I'm in enough trouble over this. The golf win was brilliant. Maybe you'll be able to round up the facts from some of the team and we can publish the full story on the site. Thanks - B.

Dear Elizabeth, Thank you for your e-mail. It's brilliant to receive one from overseas. I did try to reply to you personally but your e-mail address rejected my attempts. I was hoping to encourage you to give us more info about your relationship with Langley / Holy Family etc., - and the web address of your local Church.
We all hope you'll keep in touch.- Bernie and the Websiters.

Thank you very much for your e-mail, Gemma. Keep us up to date. I e-mailed Ann on the 11th after receiving her e-mail so hopefully she is putting together a package of information for me about the UCM. As soon as I receive it I'll start on an exclusive page for them. -

Thank you for your e-mail Sr Michaela. Hopefully your students will send us in bits and pieces to keep the site moving and changing - B

Thanks for your input, folks. Visit John's site:www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk

Hi, Sean. Thank you for your comments. Good luck in the draw.

'The Windy City'! I'm so old I remember Doris Day singing that in Calamity Jane. Anyway, I woke up this morning a happy little bunny until I clicked on to your web site. I've been comfort eating ever since. It's a brilliant professional job. I would suggest that anyone who has sound on their system should click on the site then scroll down to Inspirational Music - there are some nice pieces - the Battle Hymn is my favourite. Thank you Elizabeth, and keep in touch. - B
St. Margaret Mary Parish - Naperville, Illinois

Thank you Fr. Andrew, I have now added St. Gregory's site to our menu page

Thank you for your e-mail, Caron. Anyone who hasn't visited their page can click here

Oh, yes! and what was brewing up in the kitchen?
Have you seen the golf report?

................................................meanwhile from a steamy kitchen in Downtown Langley.....

I wouldn't dare comment on this one !!

Hi, Ray, I remember taking photos for several years round at your home when you threw special care barbies in your garden.
It seemed to stop after Fr. Clarke left. Teresa, who writes to us, might be able to update us. It's a shame if it has fallen through as it was wonderful to see the delight on the children's faces at the party. Could it not be held in the club? Any suggestions anyone? - B

Dear Mental, Sorry but the draw closed on the 18th. though there is a comp, on at the moment as you can see from the link at the top. Try and round up enough stuff and we could do a Servers Page; you all play an important part in the Church and should be represented on our web site.- B

Dear Parishioners of Langley,

Congratulations on your website. We are contemplating putting up one here in 
Dunstable and I will get our people to visit yours and nick ideas. Every 
blessing,
Kieran Magovern PP Dunstable.

Dear Fr. Magovern, thank you for e-mail. I'm only learning this web design lark as I go along but I'll certainly offer my twopence worth to help any of your team get your site up and running. Don't commitee yourself to a professional web designer's fees - come back to me first. Thanks, Bernard.

Congratulations, Catherine. Hopefully, your luck has changed. And - no, we haven't seen his brother in law.Send us a photo and we'll let the Great Guestbook Viewers decide.
And a special Hello to Dawn Magloire who just wanted a mention.

Thank you for your very welcomed e-mail. If you ever do win a prize I wouldn't mind delivering it in person. I wonder if I could claim it on expenses? Write again soon - B

Jenni, I'm think of starting a special 'Behind the Kitchen Door' page dealing exclusively with the exceedingly complex life of one Kieran McKeown. And the first question, Kieran
Q: Who is Jennifer?
A: Hi Bernard - this is yet another of my sister in laws! Catherine who won the whiskey is another!! I think I will go into early retirement! Or change my name? What do you think? Kieran.
Please don't retire, Kieran. Too many little hearts out there will be broken.

Dear B.F. Thank you for your comments. I was in a group of six at the show and all of them praised it. I was particularly impressed with the comedian, who told plenty of risqué jokes yet put them across in a controlled, edited style suitable for the type of audience and location. I hope we can get them back again soon. Anyone else at the show who would like to comment?- B

Kieran, Your thoughtfulness and consideration knows no bounds. I'm sure John & Audrey will appreciate this gesture to save us money.
(By the way, has anyone bought the prizes yet?)

The lines between Langley and Perth were buzzing to-day. Betty tells me our Church is very special because her family attends Mass there. John tells me that he lives in Perth but his hometown is Sydney. Thank you for all the photo links, John, I'll be making use of them.- B

26/5/03
Dear Fr Kevin

What a great website. Hope all is going well for you at your new parish
Regards
David & Louise Varley, Bletchley

Thanks for your e-mail, David & Louise. Father Kevin will pick this up in a few days. Should you wish to talk to him direct, leave this page and follow the links to his personal e-mail address.

Thank you for your e-mail, Carmel, and you're not an ordinary parishioner anymore. Ordinary parishioners don't write to guestbooks. And you are right, Slough Museum should have a link. I have now added it to the menu page. Write back soon again. - B

Dear Elaine, thank you for your very nice e-mail. I don't know your father personally but the rest of the gang here knew him instantly. It's still the early days of our website and hopefully we'll build it up over the months. Write again soon. - B

Hi, Bill & Sheila, nice to have you on board. Thank you for taking the time to write to us and I hope you'll keep in touch. The whole Tugerah Lakes area seems real nice. When I read your letter an hour ago I started hunting for a web site and got completly wrapped up in the stuff I was reading on the sites. Now I have to panic to meet my deadline. I suggest all readers browses this site: click here I do hope you keep in touch.

Oh no! Just when I thought we had moved on...... Ann, I want you to forget about parish workers, good, bad or ugly and concentrate on that web page - B.

Sorry, Ted, Bernies Babes demand to see a photo ASAP.
So, Catherine says that Tuggerra Lake is a good place to catch a wife. I caught mine at the River Bann. If only it could have been the one that got away!! Whereas your ladies are like prawns - sweet and delicious, mine is like a crab - once they get their claws into you there's no letting go. Better stop now, she's about to hit me with a wet kipper


 

Thank you for your e-mail, Andy & Genny. Father Kevin should be back in business soon and will reply to you.-B

Dear O.B.P. That was no lady you saw me with at the bingo, that was my wife.
Isn't it sad. The word that gets her all a quiver now is 'HOUSE' .Twenty years ago the word was, 'READY!'
Only joking, I've got the best wife in Berkshire - the other one's in Bucks. Hopefully the Ray & Bernie Bingo show will be back soon though with all that male caller glamour, it must be hard for the ladies to keep those 'eyes down'.

Dear Peggy, Angela and Buttonnose, Thank you for your e-mail. Hopefully Fr. Kevin will pick this up soon. By the way, you'll have to re-send Buttonnose as it didn't arrive. Write soon again.

Many thanks, Anita. As soon as Father Kevin gets himself back on line he'll bring us all up to date with the news - B

Well, tough words there from John and HELLO PERTH. Nice to hear from you again. And if you've got the time - we've got the space - B

Kind regards.
Tracy.

Hi, Tracy. Thank you for your e-mail. Hopefully Kieran will read this - though, come to think of it, he has been very quiet recently - and his gang of young ladies, too! Whats going on out there? Keep us up to speed on your website progress.

If anyone would like to talk fishing direct to John, contact me for his e-mail address
P.S.- John was also kind enough to provide this link. It's a beautiful location. Look at it and cry.www.poruma.com.au

5/6/03
On a recent trip over to England to see My Family I attended Sunday mass.
(June 1st 2003) The last time I visited your Church was when My Son, Kieran Michael
Moran was baptised six years ago.
I told My Mum and Sister Bernadette I would visit your website back home in America.
Thanks to all.
PS, Love the stations of the cross.
Who's the dude in the blue suit?
Sean Moran

Hi, Sean. Thank you for your e-mail. If you read this states-side drop us a line about where you live - and your local Church web site - Bernard

Thank you for your e-mail, Anne, and kind comments. If K, S & K want to reply, I've got Anne's e-mail - B

Dear Ann, Thank you for your kind remarks. When Kevin handed me all the history papers I though I'd die of boredom working on it. Instead I ended up completely fascinated with it all, particularly handling all the original material. It might be worth considering having a little corner somewhere in the Church devoted to a museum of the past.
Readers, if any of you have any old stuff about our local past get in touch with us, please- Bernard

Dear Catherine, I hadn't put a counter on the site at the start because I thought it wouldn't have gone beyond 2 - my visit and Fr. Kevin's. However, I will start one going soon to try and get monthly totals. Father Titmarsh Stan is certainly hyperactive at the moment, what with his health kick and amazing gardening skills.

Dear Elizabeth, When I started to edit your e-mail for the web site I was actually laughing out loud at each entry. They are very, very funny and I beseech everyone to go to our fun page and read Elizabeth's material.
Please Elizabeth, and everyone, keep this stuff rolling in - Bernard

15/6/03
Just a quick note to say I am relatively new to both the church and Catholicism
- app 2 years.
I feel I must say that the new stations are fantastic works of art. Every time I attend
mass I think how lucky we are to have friends like Ken ,Maureen , and Mary Lou,
who have painted these beautiful stations for the benefit of all who visit our church.
Thanks to FR Kevin Kieran and the very talented artists .

K. Miller

Dear K, sorry, you didn't give me your first name. Thank you for your lovely e-mail. I'm sure the artists involved will appreciate your kind comments. Please write again soon - Bernard

Sorry to anyone who tried to link to the web address sent to me by John Knight. I forgot to put the country code at the end. Give yourself plenty of time to browse through this site: www.poruma.com.au

Hi, Buenas noches, senora Gemma. Is El Bernardo, the webmastero from the Costa Da Langley eating his little heart out with jealousy. Oh to be anywhere in Spain, from Blanes to Barcelona. Have a great time and get us some photos to publish on your return - B & the gang.

A very special thank you to Elizabeth Stock from the Windy city for the stuff you have sent me. Elizabeth, you have obviously spent a lot of time searching for the material and I will be adding it in bits to our Family Page. Thank you very much. I've just pasted in 'The Bible in 50 Words', a brilliantly crafted piece that sums the bible up. Oh, if only they could invent the 50 word sermon. (present priests excepted).

Ann, those leotards appeared in my dreams later. I pictured you all wearing them at our Christmas Calander shoot. You had all turned into a group of Jane Fonda lookalikes. Poor Donna was trying to keep up as I led the team in a pluse racing series of advanced gymnastics. I could feel the burn - or was it pain? Yes, it was pain. The wife was elbowing me in the ribs; "Oi, It's Friday. Time to get up and put the bin out!" UCM

Dear Joan, Thank you for your e-mail and Hello Scotland. If there's anyone else reading this North of the Border drop us a line.
Joan, I actually took the photos so there is no problem about copyright, etc. Download and print them as much as you want. However, the photo quality of a web photo has to be greatly reduced otherwise it would take for ever to download onto your screen. e-mail me a discription of the photo(s) you like and I'll e-mail you back a high quality copy of them - or if your not into the printing scene let me have your address and I'll post you an actual print. Thanks, Bernard.

Just wait 'til you see them in their Christmas Calander, Gemma. Hope you had a great holiday and let us have all the details and a few pics as well - B

And once again, many thanks to Elizabeth Stock for her Kids in Church submission. It's in our Family Page. Thanks for all your stuff, Elizabeth, I'll print another one in a few days.

Dear Mercedes, Thank you for your e-mail. I do intend over the next few weeks to search out sites that can offer us some peaceful pages to read and meditate over. Our regular site visitor, Elizabeth, has already sent me a beautiful site that I will try and link up to soon. On our welcome page, have you browsed through our 'interesting sites'? If any readers have any special sites of their own please e-mail them to me.
Mercedes, why don't you and the readers send us in your favourite prayers, verses, stories, etc. Things that mean a lot to you and will make the rest of us think. We can start a special page for them.- Bernard

Thank you for your kind comments, Peter. The Stations certainly generated a lot of interest here. Write soon again - B

Thank you for your e-mail, Sam & Liam. I didn't want to publish the photo of the group this week because there is a lot of site activity at the moment as everyone is downloading confirmation photos. Plus, even as you read this, Kieran is feverishly assembling lot's of juicy facts about the group for a special page feature. Check back here Sunday, 27th. Kieran hasn't seen this e-mail before this publication, so he'll probably reply personally. - B

Thank you Sam. I've added your question to the Alternative Quiz list. If you, or any readers have any more of the same, please send them in.

Gemma, you can have all the space and time you want on this web site. Thank you very much for your photos. To see them, click on the link. However, as a friend I would offer you a piece of advice. Give up that Villa now. Too much sun, sea and sangria is bad for you. I'll swap you that villa for a 3 bedroom terrace house in Stanley Green. I won't ask for a penny extra. Instead of all that silly fresh air and stillness, you could have the constant vibration of Heathrow jets roaring off overhead to Spanish resorts, and a Berkshire air subtly tinged with the unique tang of aircraft fuel. You could still lie back in bed at night and look up at the stars. Granted, they'd be British stars and you'd be looking at them through the hole in our ceiling, but it's well worth thinking about. - Bernard. See Gemma's photos

Thank you both for you very kind comments and I'm sure I speak for all club members who went to the do when I thank Bob's family and friends for putting it all together. It was a brilliant evening and as usual I o.d'd on samosa's . Have a good holiday and see you soon. - B

Hi, Lois. I'm trying to get the altar servers to put something together for this site, rather than just a boring old group photo. Probably some sort of humorous theme. Get your heads together - have a good think about it and we'll try and do something over the next few weeks.

Dear Bernardette, Thank you for your e-mail, nice to have you on board.The music is certainly very good. If I ever learn enough web design then maybe someday soon I'll be able to add sound to it. See you at the picnic. - B

  What a very kind letter. Thank you very much Josephine and I hope you will have a good August in the Club. There's plenty happening - and we've slashed 25% off a lot of the bar prices. See details in our club pages. One fatal mistake - saying that our Kieran is cute. He's been lying low for a while, but once he reads this........ Anyway, write soon again. --B

Hi, John & Pat, Thank you for your e-mail. It was nice to see you, John, after so many years, and you've certainly got yourself a nice lady in Pat. Sorry I couldn't spend more time with you in the club on Sunday but duty - and Rita - called and I had to obey. Hopefully we'll see you both again before you return to Vancouver. If not, be sure and send us an e-mail when you get home. B & T

Our regular contributor, Elizabeth Stock has send me a link to a really lovely web site. It contains many pieces of relaxing music and some beautiful animated pictures to de-stress with. You'll need Java Applets and of course sound to enjoy the site at it's best. It's called love this site and you'll find the link to it listed on our Interesting Web Links on our welcome page. Give it time to download - it's big! Many thanks, Elizabeth, and folks, if you do enjoy that site please let me know - B (webmaster)

Hi, Sam, Thank you for sending in the fun page stuff. I particularly found the list of statements children made about the Bible very funny. Look forward to hearing from you soon again.

It was nice to get this reassuring e-mail from committee man Ray and the gang sunning themselves in sunny Portugal. We had all been keeping an eye on those fires. It still seems amazing to me that we have the technology to put man on the moon; we can build a device that could wipe out half the planet, yet we cannot devise an efficient method of coping with fire.

By the time the Lord made woman, he was into his sixth day of working overtime.....Wow! Wow! I've just read this stuff. Talk about female chauvinistic. There's a notable absence of a certain gentleman's name to your letter. Let's hope he slaving over a hot P.C. preparing the male version of this story. Anyway, my little rottweiler has just slapped me around the ear and told me to publish it - so it's in the family fun page.
Thanks, Anita

Hi Sam, Thank you for your joke. It's in the fun page. Keep sending them in. If anyone wants to e-mail Sam replace the X's above with brophy_sam If I were to publish the full correct address spaming machines would pick it up.

A special Hello & Welcome to Elizabeth Stock. Sorry for the delay in publishing this but it's a nightmare here at the moment. Anyhow, that plus your Kids stories received 24/8 are now in the fun page. Many thanks - B

Thank you Stephen. I hope you told your wife off for sending in that female stuff. Still I suppose you better not, you'll need your teeth for a few years yet. Your item has joined the ones above in our family fun page. - B

Thank you for your letter. That's a scarey amount of money we owe. Yes, it does seem strange that the Bazaar has been cancelled. Christmas won't be Christmas without it. Anyhow lets see what our readers opinions are?

Don't I know you from somewhere? Thank you for your kind comments and I'm sure your question will be answered soon. All sorts of material welcomed (see below) -B

I used to know what was going on in this page, now I'm lost! I'll blame it on the heat.X

Thank you for your e-mail, Grace. I'm not involved in those sort of decisions to make a comment. Hopefully we'll get an official reply. - B

It's nice to hear from you again, Gemma. Thank you for your comments. Will I see you at the picnic in the park today?